Parts of speech

Parts of speech

By Mr.Timothy Hutto

​The nine parts of speech

Some people say there are eight parts of speech, others say nine parts of speech, while others say ten. It all depends how you group them. For the purposes of my class, we will consider NINE parts of speech.

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Verbs

Adverbs

Conjunctions

Prepositions

Interjections

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Everything else

Nouns

Pronouns

Adjectives​

Determiners​

• includes articles, quantifiers, demonstratives and possessives)

Nouns (and friends)

The nine parts of speech

Some and any are examples of quantifiers.

Examples:

I/me, he/him, she/her, it​

you​

we/us

they/them​

A PRONOUN replaces a noun.

Examples:

Person: Justin Bieber

Place: Thailand

Thing: concert

Idea: happiness​​

​A NOUN is a person, place, thing, or idea.

Nouns and Pronouns

There are also possessive and reflexive pronouns, which we will study later.

Examples:

Articles: a/an/the​

Demonstratives: this, that, these Quantifiers: some, any​, every, all

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A DETERMINER comes before a noun to show what is being referred to.

Examples:

beautiful

old

exciting

tired​

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​An ADJECTIVE modifies a noun. (It answers "what kind of".)

Adjectives and Determiners

Notice that some adjectives (exciting, tired) are formed from verbs.​

Examples:

1. ran quickly

2. ran very quickly

3. very beautiful dress​

An ADVERB modifies a verb (1), another adverb (2), or an adjective (3).

​A VERB shows an action or a state of being.

Verbs and Adverbs

"To be"/helping verbs; are, am, is, was, were, been and being An adverb answers the question "when, where, how, and how much/many".

Examples:

Action: run, sing, fly, do​

State: be, mean, seem, feel

A CONJUNCTION connects words or phrases.​

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Conjunctions

Examples:

Well,

Oh my God!

Hey!

Wow!

Oh,

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An INTERJECTION is an expression of feeling rather than meaning.

​A PREPOSITION is a word or phrase used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.

Prepositions and Interjections

English has over 100 prepositions.

Examples: in, at, on, of, to, between, with, among.

Multiple Choice

Which word in the following sentence is a noun?

I don't go to school today.

• I

• go

• school

• today

Multiple Choice

Which word in the following sentence is a pronoun?

We don't go to school today.

• We

• go

• school

• today

Multiple Choice

Which word in the following sentence is a preposition?

I don't go to school today.

• I

• don't

• to

• school

Multiple Select

Which two words in the following sentence are adjectives?

Today is very sunny and hot.

• today

• very

• sunny

• hot

Multiple Select

Which phrase in the following sentence is an interjection?

Oh, no--I forgot my keys.

• oh, no!

• I forgot

• no--I

• my keys

Multiple Select

Which two words in the following sentence are determiners?

Some people like to live near a shopping mall.

• some

• live

• near

• a

Multiple Choice

Which word in the following sentence is a verb?

I don't go to school today.

• I

• go

• school

• today

Multiple Choice

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

We don't go to school today.

(Remember: adverbs answer the question "when".)

• We

• go

• school

• today

Multiple Select

Which word or words in the following sentence is a conjunction?

I like neither sushi nor sashimi, but I do like tempura.

• I

• neither

• nor

• but